GoT: Season 6 Premiere Photos for ‘The Red Woman’

HBO has released photos from Game of Thrones: Season 6's premiere, "The Red Woman."

Scroll through the photo gallery below to see the nine new images, as well as the other photos HBO has released for Season 6.

Shown in the images are Daenerys with Khal Moro, played by Game of Thrones newcomer Joe Naufahu; a blind Arya with the Waif; Cersei with her post-Walk of Shame short hair; Ramsay mourning a dead Myranda; Theon and Sansa escaping Winterfell by walking through an icy river and hiding in the woods; and a first look at Prince Doran Martell in Season 6 with Ellaria Sand.

The synopsis for "The Red Woman" reads: "Jon Snow is dead. Daenerys meets a strong man. Cersei sees her daughter again."

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TMNT: Two Turtle Teams Unite in New Clip

This Sunday, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles return to Earth to relive their battle against the deadly Triceratons -- and this time they've got their past selves to fight alongside them!

IGN has an exclusive clip from the new episode, "Earth's Last Stand," as the time-traveling Turtles meet the Turtles of six months ago and duke it out with Mozar (Michael Dorn).

TMNT's all-new episode debuts Sunday, April April 24, at 11am ET/PT.

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677 Examples of Awesome NES Box Art

Free from the more conventional box art standards seen today, the video game covers of yesteryear – namely those of the Nintendo Entertainment System – were a motley collection of weird, wonderful, and sometimes downright terrible box art. But if you're looking for an '80s nostalgia trip, even the worst of the worst can bring back fond memories of the NES era alongside some classic favorites.

Below you'll find a gallery of over 677 English-language NES box art covers. It's all in there, from the most critically hailed platformers of that generation, to obscure beat 'em ups, and other forgotten gems.

Do you have a favorite or least favorite box art cover from the NES era? Any of these boxes stand out to you as being especially insane? Share them with us in the comments below!

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Downey, Jr. Teases Sherlock Holmes 3

Robert Downey, Jr. and director Guy Ritchie may be starting work on a third Sherlock Holmes film this year.

While in the United Kingdom as part of his Captain America: Civil War tour, Downey, Jr. expects to meet with Ritchie to discuss the film.

"He'll say, 'I'll meet you on my bike,' all that sort of macho stuff," Downey, Jr. told ShortList. "I've always considered riding a bike in London as taking your life in your own hands. Guy makes it look easy."

Busy schedules have been a problem in the past—and part of the reason 2011's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows was delayed—but when the team does get down to business, "it is off the hook." Downey, Jr. added, "If we could shoot it on Skype, we could have the whole

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Bayonetta, Scalebound Studio Boss Steps Down

According to a report, Platinum Games president and CEO Tatsumi Minami has left the studio.

Japanese game industry site Game Business claims that Minami stepped down from his role and left studio in late March. Kenichi Sato, an executive director at PlatinumGames, will replace him as company president.

PlatinumGames is the studio behind Bayonetta, MadWorld, Vanquish, the Wonderful 101, and the upcoming Scalebound, an exclusive game for Microsoft’s Xbox One.

Minami started his career in video games as an artist for Capcom. He went on to work on some of the studio’s biggest franchises, including Mega Man, Resident Evil, and Devil May Cry. Minami left Capcom to start his own studio, called Odd LTD., in February 2006.

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Daily Deals: Game of Thrones Blu-rays and Books, PS4 With PS Plus and Three Games, Dark Souls III

New Low Prices for Game of Thrones

The world returns to Westeros this Sunday, and if your keen to expand your kingdom in the Blu-ray realm, know that both season one and season two of Game of Thrones are currently $20 each. The early seasons of GoT are typically around $30, so this is a nice time to nab them, should you have the desire.

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Robert Downey Will Be in Spider-Man: Homecoming

Iron Man will make an appearance in Spider-Man: Homecoming as actor Robert Downey Jr. has reportedly sealed a deal to star in Sony's first entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

"Sources say the size of the role is unknown at this time," according to Variety. The new web-slinger, played by Tom Holland, makes his debut opposite Downey's Tony Stark in Captain America: Civil War.

TheWrap reports, "It’s unclear whether Downey Jr.’s deal includes sequel options, though he is expected to appear onscreen in the Iron Man suit, according to insiders."

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Impressive Writers Group Formed for Hasbro Cinematic Universe

A host of award winning writers have joined the writers room for Hasbro's cinematic universe, which includes G.I. Joe, Micronauts, Visionaries, M.A.S.K., and ROM.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the group includes Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Spider-Man 2), the Eisner Award winning Brian K. Vaughan (Y the Last Man, Saga), and the Oscar-winning Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind), who will be head of the writer's room.

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Game of Thrones Renewed for Season 7 at HBO

With the return of Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley and Veep on Sunday, April 24th, HBO has announced season renewals for all three shows.

HBO's Michael Lombardo announced that Game of Thrones will be coming back for a Season 7 in 2017. Not addressed in the announcement was whether the new season would have a shortened episode order, as showrunner David Benioff recently suggested.

Benioff and D.B. Weiss believe Game of Thrones will only have about 13 more episodes, split over a seventh and eighth season. HBO responded by saying that number isn't locked in stone, but there are ongoing conversations about potential shortened seasons.

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Musician Prince Dies at Age 57

The musician Prince has died. He was 57 years old.

TMZ reports that Prince's body was found early this morning at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota.

Prince Prince (1958-2016)

The site adds that the artist, whose full name was Prince Rogers Nelson, had a medical emergency last week that required his private jet to make an emergency landing in Illinois. However, he assured his fans that he was O.K. at a concert the following day. Reports at that time indicated that he was battling the flu. He had recently cancelled two shows due to health concerns.

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